Enduring Variable

[donbowyer]

Is there any way to store a numeric variable value somewhere in Word, so that
the value remains after Word is closed, and is available next time Word is
opened?

 

[Greg Maxey]

You can store variable information in a .txt file or the windows registry.
See PrivateProfileString in VBA Help.

 

[ML]

If you want it to be associated with a specific Word document then you can
save it in a custom document property.

 

[Jezebel]

In addition to the methods suggested by the other posters, you can use a
customproperty stored in normal.dot --

templates("normal.dot").CustomDocumentProperties("MyProperty") = ...

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See the article "Creating sequentially numbered documents (such as
invoices)" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/NumberDocs.htm

or "Sequentially numbering multiple copies of single document using a macro"
at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/NumberCopiesOf1Doc.htm


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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[donbowyer]

Many thanks to all who contributed to my Enduring Variable question.
From a combination of your inputs, I have a solution, based largely on the
creation of an "external" *.txt file.